1977

S3.E1 ∙ The Big Hex of Little Lulu

Fri, Sep 14, 1979

Two-part sequel to the 1978 ABC Weekend Special, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic strip. In this one, Lulu Moppet wants to start an all-girls hockey team, but is short on funds for uniforms and equipment, until she cons chauvanistic Tubby into believing he has a curse, which can only be lifted by raising money for the team.

6 /10

S3.E2 ∙ The Contest Kid Strikes Again

Fri, Sep 21, 1979

Harvey the contest kid (Patrick Petersen) wins a flock of chickens and uses them to help his friend Hawkins (Alan Napier) out of a financial predicament.

6.4 /10

S3.E3 ∙ The Girl with ESP

Fri, Oct 19, 1979

Middle school student Laura feels utterly average, thanks to her unbelievably overachieving family. Then she develops the ability to see into the future.

7.8 /10

S3.E4 ∙ The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Fri, Nov 02, 1979

Poor James Harrison! Everyone is upset with him - his parents, the next-door neighbor, even the town sheriff - but he didn't do anything wrong! The real culprit is Thomas Kempe, a sorcerer from a prior century who's been unwittingly released from an antique bottle. Young James, after moving into a charming Victorian home with his family, finds that he has an invisible roommate - the ghost of Thomas Kempe. The ghost needs an apprentice, but when James refuses to cooperate, accidents and mysterious events plague the neighborhood. Coincidentally, all the clues point to James as the guilty party! Fortunately, a friend volunteers to help the boy lure the mischief-loving spirit back to his resting place. But even if the two succeed, will anyone believe the explanation?

6.5 /10

S3.E5 ∙ The Incredible Detectives

Fri, Nov 16, 1979

When a young boy is abducted from a museum, his pet bulldog, Siamese cat and crow team up to rescue him.

6.5 /10

S3.E6 ∙ The Revenge of Red Chief

Fri, Dec 14, 1979

A sequel to "The Ransom of Red Chief." Drifters Sam and Billy again encounter the boy called Red Chief, this time while attempting to fleece a town out of $2000 with a phony rain-making machine.

5.4 /10

S3.E7 ∙ The Puppy's Amazing Rescue

Fri, Jan 25, 1980

Petey (voiced by Bryan Scott) and Dolly (voiced by Nancy McKeon) have to outwit poachers, a hungry bear and a hawk to rescue their humans from an avalanche while celebrating Tommy's birthday at his parents' mountain cabin.

6.8 /10

S3.E8 ∙ The Gold Bug

Fri, Feb 01, 1980

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse-- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.

7.4 /10

S3.E9 ∙ The Trouble with Miss Switch

Fri, Feb 15, 1980

When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover that she is actually a witch with a magical talking cat who sought them out in order to stop an evil coven of witches from destroying her.

7.3 /10